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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Promise and Failure of Conviction Integrity Units

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 26, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Promise and Failure of Conviction Integrity Units

Recently I sat down with the mother of a man convicted in Yolo County of a crime – she believes he is inn ...

Recently I sat down with the mother of a man convicted in Yolo County of a crime – she believes he is innocent and, having followed the trial and read through their evidence, I believe they at the ver ...

December 26, 2017
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“Sister” of Victim Questions Whether the Right Guys Have Been Convicted in 2002 Halloween Homicide Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 18, 2017
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“Sister” of Victim Questions Whether the Right Guys Have Been Convicted in 2002 Halloween Homicide Case

In June of 2006, a jury convicted three men of the shooting death of Eric Folsom (age 17) and Robert Step ...

In June of 2006, a jury convicted three men of the shooting death of Eric Folsom (age 17) and Robert Stepper (age 20). The jury chose life in prison rather death for Oscar Cervantes and Ernesto Arell ...

December 18, 2017
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Marches and Speeches in Woodland against Police Violence and Prosecutorial Overreach

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 13, 2017
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Marches and Speeches in Woodland against Police Violence and Prosecutorial Overreach

More than 50 people came to a rally and protest on Saturday in support of the family of Michael Barrera w ...

More than 50 people came to a rally and protest on Saturday in support of the family of Michael Barrera who died after being Tasered this past February in Woodland. In addition the family was joined ...

November 13, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: The Sad Death of John Thompson

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 08, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: The Sad Death of John Thompson

In November 2011, I had the pleasure of seeing John Thompson – who spent 14 years on death row before he ...

In November 2011, I had the pleasure of seeing John Thompson – who spent 14 years on death row before he was exonerated one month before his scheduled execution, based on the prosecution's withholding ...

October 08, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Troubling History of Shaken Baby Syndrome

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 11, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Troubling History of Shaken Baby Syndrome

In March of 2014, a Yolo County jury returned with a verdict of not guilty on two charges involving the t ...

In March of 2014, a Yolo County jury returned with a verdict of not guilty on two charges involving the tragic death of a three-month-old baby. In this case, the father, Quentin Stone, was accused of ...

September 11, 2017
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Seven Long Years Later My First Contact Visits With My Sons

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 19, 2017
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Seven Long Years Later My First Contact Visits With My Sons

Editor's note: Ajay Dev was in my view wrongly convicted in the summer of 2009. One of the greatest inju ...

Editor's note: Ajay Dev was in my view wrongly convicted in the summer of 2009. One of the greatest injustices of all the injustices in this case is because he was convicted of a sex crime on a minor ...

April 19, 2017
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Controversial Interrogation Method to End?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 19, 2017
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Controversial Interrogation Method to End?

Confessions have been a big source of concern for a number of years, as the growing body of research show ...

Confessions have been a big source of concern for a number of years, as the growing body of research shows that false confessions are one of the leading causes of wrongful convictions – and, in case a ...

March 19, 2017
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Justice Watch: Manslaughter Charges in Police Shooting of Philando Castile; Why the Innocent Plead Guilty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 17, 2016
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Justice Watch: Manslaughter Charges in Police Shooting of Philando Castile; Why the Innocent Plead Guilty

Once again a prosecutor is attempting to criminally charge a police officer for the killing of a black ma ...

Once again a prosecutor is attempting to criminally charge a police officer for the killing of a black man. In this case, it is the shooting of Philando Castile – Officer Jeronimo Yanez was charged o ...

November 17, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Family Asks for Review of Zielesch Case

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 19, 2016
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Family Asks for Review of Zielesch Case

In the wake of new and emerging evidence, the family of Greg Zielesch is asking for a review of his murde ...

In the wake of new and emerging evidence, the family of Greg Zielesch is asking for a review of his murder conviction. They have put forward a Change.org petition asking the attorney general, among o ...

October 19, 2016
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Ajay Dev Letter from Prison

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 13, 2016
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Ajay Dev Letter from Prison

On Wednesday, October 19, the Third Appellate Court has requested oral arguments in Ajay Dev’s appeal. M ...

On Wednesday, October 19, the Third Appellate Court has requested oral arguments in Ajay Dev’s appeal. Mr. Dev in 2009 was sentenced to 378 years in prison for the rape of his adopted daughter. Fami ...

October 13, 2016
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Analysis: Death Penalty Column Misses Some Marks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2016
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Analysis: Death Penalty Column Misses Some Marks

I read Rich Rifkin’s death penalty column with interest. He started it with a note that was interesting, ...

I read Rich Rifkin’s death penalty column with interest. He started it with a note that was interesting, pointing out that Prop. 62 asks voters to get rid of a “death penalty that we don’t have.” I s ...

October 12, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Signs Bill That Will Prevent Wrongful Convictions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2016
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Governor Signs Bill That Will Prevent Wrongful Convictions

In a move that could be a game-changer for many wrongfully convicted individuals, on Wednesday Governor J ...

In a move that could be a game-changer for many wrongfully convicted individuals, on Wednesday Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1134 into law. The bill, authored by Democratic Senator Mark Leno ...

September 29, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: The Human Side of a Struggle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 26, 2016
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Eye on the Courts: The Human Side of a Struggle

Some Common Threads in the Wrongful Convictions Reviewed on Saturday In my presentation this past weekend ...

Some Common Threads in the Wrongful Convictions Reviewed on Saturday In my presentation this past weekend about three Yolo County cases, I went through some of the key causes of wrongful convictions, ...

September 26, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Was Oscar Cervantes Wrongfully Convicted of Being the Shooter in 2002 Halloween Homicide?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2016
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Was Oscar Cervantes Wrongfully Convicted of Being the Shooter in 2002 Halloween Homicide?

In 2006, Oscar Cervantes was convicted and sentenced to life without parole for shooting Robert Stepper a ...

In 2006, Oscar Cervantes was convicted and sentenced to life without parole for shooting Robert Stepper and Eric Folsom in 2002 in the so-called Halloween Homicide Case. However, on Saturday, at the ...

September 25, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Ajay’s Innocence

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 19, 2016
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Letter: Ajay’s Innocence

by Teresa Geimer About six years ago, in Yolo County, Ajay Dev was sentenced to 378 years in prison for a ...

by Teresa Geimer About six years ago, in Yolo County, Ajay Dev was sentenced to 378 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. The only evidence against him was a pretext call that his accuser was ...

August 19, 2016
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Ajay Dev Wrongfully Convicted

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 18, 2016
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Ajay Dev Wrongfully Convicted

By Bill Pursell One American has been wrongfully imprisoned for 2,608 days, and the injustice that is his ...

By Bill Pursell One American has been wrongfully imprisoned for 2,608 days, and the injustice that is his is far too common today. The national conversation and insight exposing the putrescent America ...

August 18, 2016
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Sunday Commentary: The Presumption of Guilt?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 20, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: The Presumption of Guilt?

Back in October, two tragedies occurred related to the drive-by shooting of a 13-year-old. First, a young ...

Back in October, two tragedies occurred related to the drive-by shooting of a 13-year-old. First, a young girl was critically injured when a bullet pierced her home and struck her in the head as she w ...

December 20, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: How We Can Prevent Wrongful Convictions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 15, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: How We Can Prevent Wrongful Convictions

This was the speech I gave last night at the Vanguard Court Watch Event: Preventing Wrongful Convictions. ...

This was the speech I gave last night at the Vanguard Court Watch Event: Preventing Wrongful Convictions. This has been an interesting year for the Vanguard Court Watch. When we started the program ba ...

November 15, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Ending Wrongful Convictions

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 26, 2015
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Ending Wrongful Convictions

by Lorenzo Johnson The record number of exonerations of innocent prisoners last year shows that something ...

by Lorenzo Johnson The record number of exonerations of innocent prisoners last year shows that something is very wrong with our judicial system. If the saying "the proof is in the numbers" is true, t ...

October 26, 2015
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Governor Signs Bill To Properly Compensate Exonerated Individuals

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 13, 2015
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Governor Signs Bill To Properly Compensate Exonerated Individuals

In November of 2011, Maurice Caldwell spoke before the first Vanguard Court Watch justice event on Wrongf ...

In November of 2011, Maurice Caldwell spoke before the first Vanguard Court Watch justice event on Wrongful Convictions. Just over six months previously, the then 43-year-old Maurice Caldwell walked o ...

October 13, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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